Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Kentucky counties, in April 2020, among all Kentucky counties, Magoffin County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (97.62%), followed by Wolfe County (97.27%), and Knott County (97.26%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kentucky counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Kentucky.

Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Magoffin
Wolfe
Knott
Leslie
Jackson
Floyd
Lawrence
Letcher
Johnson
Lewis
Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County White Alone % of County Pop.
1 Magoffin County 97.62
2 Wolfe County 97.27
3 Knott County 97.26
4 Leslie County 96.99
5 Jackson County 96.94
6 Floyd County 96.90
7 Lawrence County 96.89
8 Letcher County 96.72
9 Johnson County 96.71
10 Lewis County 96.58
11 Estill County 96.49
12 Owsley County 96.40
13 Menifee County 96.37
14 Robertson County 96.31
15 Carter County 95.99
16 Rockcastle County 95.89
17 Powell County 95.66
18 Bath County 95.62
19 McLean County 95.47
20 Pike County 95.41
21 Breathitt County 95.37
22 Fleming County 95.35
23 Nicholas County 95.24
24 Edmonson County 95.22
25 Crittenden County 95.21
26 Bracken County 95.17
27 Pendleton County 94.95
28 Hancock County 94.82
29 Greenup County 94.81
30 Knox County 94.78
31 Clinton County 94.51
32 Marshall County 94.47
33 Metcalfe County 94.31
34 Trimble County 94.31
35 Grayson County 94.26
36 Perry County 94.20
37 Green County 94.06
38 Laurel County 94.05
39 Casey County 93.93
40 Carlisle County 93.89
41 Elliott County 93.87
42 Harlan County 93.58
43 Owen County 93.55
44 Whitley County 93.45
45 Lee County 93.43
46 Lincoln County 93.39
47 Livingston County 93.24
48 Russell County 93.01
49 Allen County 92.94
50 Bell County 92.91
51 Rowan County 92.91
52 Harrison County 92.86
53 Clay County 92.85
54 Ohio County 92.84
55 Cumberland County 92.77
56 Wayne County 92.76
57 Butler County 92.67
58 Monroe County 92.51
59 Pulaski County 92.43
60 Grant County 92.23
61 Breckinridge County 92.16
62 Ballard County 91.91
63 Garrard County 91.91
64 Spencer County 91.89
65 Boyd County 91.76
66 Bullitt County 91.73
67 Muhlenberg County 91.72
68 Adair County 91.64
69 Morgan County 91.58
70 Anderson County 91.38
71 Hart County 91.13
72 Montgomery County 90.94
73 Martin County 90.89
74 Larue County 90.74
75 McCreary County 90.69
76 Henry County 90.67
77 Gallatin County 90.47
78 Campbell County 89.56
79 Lyon County 89.54
80 Mercer County 89.52
81 Caldwell County 88.89
82 Nelson County 88.79
83 Carroll County 88.50
84 Barren County 88.28
85 Taylor County 88.15
86 Clark County 88.05
87 Calloway County 87.93
88 Webster County 87.89
89 Meade County 87.73
90 Washington County 87.62
91 Trigg County 87.54
92 Logan County 87.13
93 Madison County 86.90
94 Union County 86.87
95 Mason County 86.84
96 Hopkins County 86.59
97 Jessamine County 86.58
98 Oldham County 86.58
99 Marion County 86.55
100 Hickman County 86.31
101 Daviess County 85.59
102 Kenton County 85.17
103 Graves County 84.99
104 Scott County 84.90
105 Todd County 84.57
106 Woodford County 84.48
107 Bourbon County 84.32
108 Boone County 84.18
109 Henderson County 84.05
110 Simpson County 83.57
111 Boyle County 82.85
112 Franklin County 80.98
113 Shelby County 80.42
114 McCracken County 80.01
115 Hardin County 74.94
116 Warren County 73.91
117 Fulton County 70.59
118 Fayette County 68.28
119 Christian County 66.36
120 Jefferson County 63.84